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Has to be the senior C&S,must be a fierce culture shock to the system to go to the land of academia and do a thesis after years of only having to grapple with mundane R/Os.
going back to school can be rewarding, it can be bone-achingly boring, but - assuming you decide to stay in - it gives you a renewed passion for the job, the real, doing stuff in the mud, job. no one i know who's done ICSC or ACSC comes out of it saying 'that was good, but what i really want now is the SO2 (Paperclips and (Shiny) Bogroll) job at Land. a couple of people i know who did ICSC were so desperate to get back to 'real' soldiering after the course they went for Selection to avoid ending up as 2ic's or Bde COS's...
if you've got Officers leaving staff college and looking for a shiney-arse job, then you've got the wrong people as Officers.
No and things are a lot tighter now than in my time but it would require a serious will to do it and a serious will to enforce it. In effect, every new apprentice would have to be warned in advance of signing the dotted line; you will be required to do shift work, at the State's discretion, otherwise close the door on your way out. Failing that, bring in contractors.
regards
GttC
Well if that's what ya need to do! Let's not forget, if these same apprentices were training in civvy street they would work shifts, same as if a qualified tech left to take up a job in a civvy airline.
Well if that's what ya need to do! Let's not forget, if these same apprentices were training in civvy street they would work shifts, same as if a qualified tech left to take up a job in a civvy airline.
Would they?
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
An air ambulance damaged in a crash landing is back in service.
An air ambulance damaged in a crash landing is back in service.
A paramedic and two crew escaped injury when the aircraft was forced to perform a heavy landing near Borisoleigh in Co Tipperary, while en-route to an emergency call two weeks ago.
Defence Minister Alan Shatter said the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service run by the Air Corps has resumed operations.
The aircraft supports the Health Service Executive clinical care programmes for patents suffering from acute coronary syndrome and stroke.
It began operations earlier in the month and will operate out of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel.
Air accident investigators launched a probe into the accident.
1. The service may have resumed but I doubt very much its the same aircraft fixed up and back in the sky.
2. The same service isnt back up and running if the service is supposed to be out of Athlone and this one is out of Baldonnel.
3. Why is it out of Baldonnel?
Bear in mind this is written by a journalist and their track record in this area is, eh.. poor.
In Ireland we have a tendancy to say "there's the police helicopter... there's the coastguard helicopter", even journo's who should know better still do the same.
Meatbomb mentioned it was due to to return to Athlone, I expect it will.
Either because
1: The AC are not media w****s when it comes to Air Ambulance and just wish it to go undocumented; or
2: The AC isn't in Athlone and are not providing the service agreed with the HSE from Athlone for the people of the West (Clue is in the East Cost Base)
Not getting involved, your choice of what the answer is.
That bit can't be right...
Eurocopter engineers assesed the helicopter yesterday, it's partly dismantled in Bal'. I don't think work will start for some time[if at all].
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
A Department of Defence spokeswoman said it will be the same service and the helicopter can cover the same area as the one that was based in Athlone
She did however neglect to mention the 20 minute delay to any patients west of Athlone and as this service was suppose to serve the West Coast????
because a larger helicopter will now be used it wouldn't be feasible to run the service in Athlone because the noise levels will be too high for a small, built-up area.
Interestingly Athlone is actually closer to Shannon and the HEMS certified S92 than the 139 in Baldonnel. Will be interesting to see what gets tasked where.
Interestingly Athlone is actually closer to Shannon and the HEMS certified S92 than the 139 in Baldonnel. Will be interesting to see what gets tasked where.
Don't go and add logic to the mix, it will only confuse people..
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